Transcript THE OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER

THE OFFICE OF THE PRIME
MINISTER; DEPT OF DISASTER
PREPAREDNESS AND MANAGEMENT
Presentation to the Inter Governmental Panel
on Climate Change.
Kagoda Jacqueline
Disaster Management Officer
Office of the Prime Minister
Mission And Objective
Mission: To create an effective framework
through which disasters preparedness &
MGT is entrenched in all aspects
development processes, focussing on
saving lives, livelihoods & resources
 Goal:
To establish institutions &
mechanisms that will reduce the
vulnerability of the people
& their
property to disasters
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Guiding Principles of DDP&M.
Any policy sets guiding principles upon which
implementation is premised, for this policy they
include in summary:
-Using a multi sectoral approach
-Community participation in DRR
-Public awareness
-Use of adequate expertise & technology
-Vulnerability analysis
-Observance of human rights
-Consideration of climate change
- Maintaining partnerships & coordination in DRR
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Key coordination structures
National:
-OPM is the Central Coordinating Ministry on Disasters.
-Inter- Agency Technical Working Group (Disaster Risk
Reduction Platform) chaired by CDPM on behalf of PS.
NB. Parliament has a role to play in implementing the
policy. We have a Parliamentary Forum on Disaster Risk
Reduction.
Local:
 District Disaster Policy Committee (DDPC)
 District- District Disaster Committees (DDMCs)
 Sub-county- S/C Disaster mgt committee (SDMCs)
 Village Disaster Mgt committees (VDMC)
Progress of DDP&M
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Policies such as the IDP, DPM and draft
Peace Policy.
Monthly meeting of the DRR and Peace
platform.
Cabinet S/C on emergencies under the Rt.
Hon. 2nd Dep. PM; essential towards
relocation of communities at high risk in
Elgon sub region.
Archiving Disaster data through the Des
Inventor.
Capacity Building; BCP training for key
sectors such as Education, Health,Water etc.
Cont’d
Provision of Relief and Non Food Items
to affected communities, in addition to
Food security assessments.
 DDMC and Contingency Planning Training
for some districts.
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What is being Implemented
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Further DDMC and Contingency Planning training.
Multi hazard risk and vulnerability mapping of the different
regions.
Resettlement of Bennet Community and communities at risk
of landslides in Elgon.
Emergency Simulation training on Floods and refugees
planned for this year.
Early Warning Systems especially for floods together with
MET & UCC. Survey being done in Butaleja.
NECOC is being equipped with the DRM comprehensive
hardware and software such as Arc GIS, Modelling softwares
on climate related risks such as floods etc.
Country Programming Paper to end Drought Resilience in
partnership with MAAIF is underway.
International DRR and Peace Day Celebrations are being
planned.
Challenges
 Limited
level of mainstreaming of DRR into
the respective sector plans and budgets at all
levels.
 Inadequate understanding of the approach to
disasters. i.e. prevention, mitigation and
prevention (proactive) should be the focus
as opposed to response (reactionary).
 Inadequate resources.
 Lack of a contingency fund.
 Inadequate
early
warning
systems.
Sometimes the information is not accurate;
it comes very late to allow early
planning/preparedness.
THANK YOU